Marking-tag



(No Model.)

J. P. PREgLEY.

MARKING TAG.

No. 321,384. Patented June 30, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATnnT @rricn.

JOSEPH P. PRESLEY, OF STANTON, HIGHIGAll.

MARKING-TAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,384, dated June 30,1885.

Application filed March 6, 1885.

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH 1?. PRESLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Stanton, in the county of Montcalm and State of Michi gan, hav e invented certain new and useful Improvements in llIarking-Tags, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to markingtags for dry goods and other articles;and it consists in the peculiar construction of an elongated slip ofcardboard, or other suitable material, which is provided withedge-bindings,and an indicator both on its face and end, which will bemore fully hereinafter described, and definitely pointed out in theclaims.

The object of my invention is to provide a tag whcreon the number ofyards in a piece of dry goods may be indicated correctly on its face,and when any number of yards have been sold the deductions from theoriginal numbers may also be placed in a scale provided for the purpose.

My invention also consists of a strengthening binding for the tag, toallow it to be easily inserted between the folds of the goods withoutthe liability of tearing or breaking the tag, and also to provide a tagwhich shall be easily and readily handled, and economicallymanufactured.

I attain these objects by the device illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein like letters of reference indicate similar parts inthe several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved tag. Fig. 2 is an end elevation showing the cost and salemarks. Fig. 3 is a modified form of the same.

A indicates an elongated strip of cardboard or other suitable material,which constitutes the body of my tag. Upon the face or uppermost side ofthe tag A a scale, a, is printed or impressed by any suitable means.This indicator is so arranged that the number of yards sold can bededucted from the number of yards in the piece at the time, and aninventory can thus be kept directly in connection with the goods. Theouter end of the tag A is bent at right angles to the main body portion,and forms a face, a, for the cost and sale (No model.)

price, and is held in this position by suitable means, which will bepresently described.

Extending down ashort distance of the edges of the body A and entirelybinding the edges of the cost and sale face a, and extending across theunder side of the tag, as shown, a binding-strip, a", of thin metal, isprovided, which acts as a support for the bent edge c and keeps the costand sale price face a in the position shown in Fig. 1, and also acts tostiiien that portion of the body of the tag whereit it is most likely tobe broken. By having the end face, a, bound in the manner dcscribed,andextending along a portion of the edge of the main body, a buckling ofthe tag is prevented As illustrated in Fig. 2, a hook or knob, a, isattached to the bent portion of the edge, which aids in drawing the tagfrom the folds of the cloth whenever a sale to be made,

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 3 a form of the tag is shownwherein it is proposed to cover the face with a coating of some suitablesubstance-as celluloid or plastic slate which will allow erasuretherefrom of the inventory marks, and render it in a condition to beused any number of times, as the goods in which it has been previouslyplaced shall have been sold.

It is obvious that this device can with equal efficiency be madeentirely of metahcoated or faced, and I propose to manufacture the tagsin such manner.

Many minor details of design can be applied to the tag without in theleast departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As an article of manufacture, a markingtag consisting of a main striphaving aseries of inventory spaces on its face, a supplementary piece,preferably integral. with the main strip, and bent at right anglesthereto, and a re-enforcing support to hold said parts in their relativepositions to each other, substantially as described.

2. In a marking-tag, the combination of a main strip havinginventory-spaces on its face, a supplementary piece,preferably arrangedat right angles to the main strip, and a re-enforcing strip or stripsextending over the angle angle and onto the main and supplementary 10and onto the main and supplementary parts, parts, to hold them in theirrelative positions, to hold them in their relative positions,subsubstantially as described.

stantially as described. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 3.In a marking-tag, the combination of a presence of two witnesses. mainstrip, A, having inventory-spaces a on JOSEPH P. PRESLEY. its face, asupplementary piece, a, arranged \Vitnesses:

N. 0. GRIsWoLD, l \V. A. BRIGGS,

at right angles to the main strip,and re-enforcing strip or strips, asa", extending over the

